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The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Francis was the only son of Charles of Orléans, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy, and a great-great-grandson of King Charles V of France. [4] His family was not expected to inherit the throne, as his third cousin King Charles VIII was still young at the time of his birth, as was his father's cousin the Duke of Orléans, later King ...
King of France r. 1498–1515: Joan 1464–1505 Duchess of Berry: Anne 1477–1514 Duchess of Brittany: Charles VIII 1470–1498 King of France r. 1483–1498: Francis 1472–1473 Duke of Berry: Henry II 1503–1555 King of Navarre: Marguerite de Navarre 1492–1549: Eleanor of Austria 1498–1558: Francis I 1494–1547 King of France r. 1515 ...
Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.
The king and his spouse Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (painted around 1558). (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) With the marriage of Francis II and Mary Stuart, the future of Scotland was linked to that of France. A secret clause signed by the queen provided that Scotland would become part of France if the royal couple did not have children. [60]
King of France r. 1322–1328: Philip VI 1293–1350 King of France r. 1328–1350: John I 1316 King of France r. 1316: John II 1319–1364 King of France r. 1350–1364: James I 1319–1362 Count of La Marche: Charles V 1338–1380 King of France r. 1364–1380: John I 1344–1393 Count of La Marche: Charles VI 1368–1422 King of France r ...
The Bourbons would rule France until deposed in the French Revolution, though they would be restored to the throne after the fall of Napoleon. The last Capetian to rule would be Louis Philippe I, king of the July Monarchy (1830–1848), a member of the cadet House of Bourbon-Orléans.
Given that his younger brother Henry, Duke of Anjou, had recently been elected King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and was away from France, their mother Catherine resumed the regency until Henry's return from Poland. [28] In 1625, long after his death, a book Charles wrote on hunting, La Chasse Royale, was published. It is a valuable ...